New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

New York City FC

1 – 1

Full Time

Philadelphia Union

Sun 7 Nov 2021 · 20:30 UTC Yankee Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Gedion Zelalem 21' Y

Gedion Zelalem 21' R

Gedion Zelalem 23' R

Y 25' Jakob Glesnes

Y 31' Kai Wagner

Y 50' Jose Andres Martinez

Jesus Medina 82' Y

Y 85' Alejandro Bedoya

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union — MLS at Yankee Stadium.

New York City FC 15 games · 19 pts (2026/26)
Philadelphia Union 15 games · 7 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	14	33
2	Internacional CF Miami	15	31
3	Chicago Fire FC	14	26
4	New England Revolution	14	25
5	New York Red Bulls	15	22
6	Charlotte FC	15	21
7	FC Cincinnati	15	20
8	New York City FC	15	19
9	D.C. United SC	15	18
10	Columbus Crew SC	15	16
11	Toronto FC	14	14
12	Montreal Impact FC	14	14
13	Orlando City SC	15	14
14	Atlanta United FC	14	11
15	Philadelphia Union	15	7
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	32
17	San Jose Earthquakes	15	32
18	Real Salt Lake	14	26
19	FC Dallas	15	25
20	Los Angeles FC	15	24
21	Seattle Sounders FC	13	24
22	Houston Dynamo	14	22
23	Minnesota United FC	15	22
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	20
25	San Diego FC	15	17
26	Colorado Rapids SC	15	16
27	St. Louis City	14	16
28	Portland Timbers	14	14
29	Austin FC	15	14
30	Sporting Kansas City	14	11

Head-to-Head

New York City FC 19 games · Avg 2.9 goals Philadelphia Union

Last 5 meetings

2021-11-07 New York City FC 1–1 Philadelphia Union 2021-08-18 Philadelphia Union 1–0 New York City FC 2021-05-01 Philadelphia Union 0–2 New York City FC 2020-07-09 New York City FC 0–1 Philadelphia Union 2019-10-06 Philadelphia Union 1–2 New York City FC

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Nov	Philadelphia Union	H	1–1	D
30 Oct	Internacional CF Miami	A	3–1	W
27 Oct	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–0	W
23 Oct	D.C. United SC	H	6–0	W
20 Oct	Atlanta United FC	A	1–1	D
17 Oct	New York Red Bulls	A	0–1	L

Philadelphia Union

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Nov	New York City FC	A	1–1	D
31 Oct	FC Cincinnati	H	2–0	W
27 Oct	Toronto FC	A	2–2	D
23 Oct	Nashville SC	H	1–0	W
21 Oct	Minnesota United FC	A	2–3	L
16 Oct	Montreal Impact FC	A	2–2	D

Season Stats

New York City FC		Philadelphia Union
#8	Position	#15
19	Points	7
15	Played	15
5 / 4 / 6	W / D / L	1 / 4 / 10
25	Scored	18
21	Conceded	30
+4	GD	-12
1.27	PPG	0.47
33%	Win %	7%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

58% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

20% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

New York City FC are 8th (19 pts). Philadelphia Union are 15th (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

2/–

16-30

2/3

31-45

1/3

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/2

76+

2/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Philadelphia Union

0-15

2/3

16-30

1/4

31-45

2/2

46-60

2/1

61-75

2/1

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Yankee Stadium. New York City FC are looking to make home advantage count against Philadelphia Union.
5' It looks surprising New York City FC does not make any changes. Kai Wagner has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' New York City FC have won 454 goals from 286 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
15' Philadelphia Union come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
20' It is a cagey affair so far. New York City FC in their trying to find a way past Philadelphia Union's compact .
21' That is a Yellow card for New York City FC. Gedion Zelalem will be fuming at that decision.
23' The referee calls foul for Gedion Zelalem. He receives a Red card.
25' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Jakob Glesnes.
27' What composure from Kacper Przybylko! The Poland international strokes it home. 0-1.
31' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Kai Wagner on 31 minutes.
36' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
41' New York City FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
46' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York City FC that had 286 games and scored 454 goals.
50' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Jose Andres Martinez on 50 minutes.
53' Goal! Valentin Castellanos scores his 96 goal in 286 matches.
58' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with New York City FC winning 100% of all matches.
63' Olivier Mbaizo, a Cameroon , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
66' The Philadelphia Union bench stirs into life. Leon Flach is withdrawn and Jack McGlynn gets his opportunity.
71' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 71 minutes.
76' Philadelphia Union fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
81' Another change for Philadelphia Union made on 81 minute. Kacper Przybylko leaves to be changed by Cory Burke.
82' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jesus Medina on 82.
85' Alejandro Bedoya picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
89' Another change for New York City FC made on 89 minute. Santiago Rodriguez leaves to be changed by Tayvon Gray.
90' The crowd applauds Jamiro Monteiro as he leaves the pitch. Jesus Bueno steps in for Philadelphia Union.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from to claim maximum points.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

Philadelphia Union Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jim Curtin

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Cory Burke	6
Valentin Castellanos	5
Maxi Moralez	4
Daniel Gazdag	4
Julian Carranza	3
Alonso Martinez	3
Alejandro Bedoya	3
Ismael Tajouri	2

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

2021-11-07 New York City FC 1–1 Philadelphia Union D 2021-10-30 Internacional CF Miami 1–3 New York City FC W 2021-10-27 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2021-10-23 New York City FC 6–0 D.C. United SC W 2021-10-20 Atlanta United FC 1–1 New York City FC D 2021-10-17 New York Red Bulls 1–0 New York City FC L

Philadelphia Union Form

2021-11-07 New York City FC 1–1 Philadelphia Union D 2021-10-31 Philadelphia Union 2–0 FC Cincinnati W 2021-10-27 Toronto FC 2–2 Philadelphia Union D 2021-10-23 Philadelphia Union 1–0 Nashville SC W 2021-10-21 Minnesota United FC 3–2 Philadelphia Union L 2021-10-16 Montreal Impact FC 2–2 Philadelphia Union D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

2.03 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.98 Philadelphia Union xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 57% + New York City FC to win 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

New York City FC56% Draw24% Philadelphia Union20%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 3.01

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

80%

Draw or Philadelphia Union

44%

New York City FC or Philadelphia Union

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York City FC43% Draw42% Philadelphia Union15%

Actual: Philadelphia Union win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

10%

2 – 1

9.6%

1 – 0

9.4%

3 – 0

6.6%

0 – 0

6.6%

3 – 1

6.5%

2 – 2

4.7%

1 – 2

4.6%

0 – 1

4.1%

4 – 0

3.4%

4 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Philadelphia Union covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	19%	63%
-1.5	37%	—	63%
-1	37%	23%	40%
-0.5	60%	—	40%
+0.5	83%	—	17%
+1	83%	11%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

38% ✓

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.